From now through October 31, NENA is accepting session proposals for the NENA 2023 Conference & Expo taking place at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, TX from June 17-22.

Presenting a session at NENA 2023 allows you to share your knowledge and experience with an audience of 9-1-1 professionals eager to gain and share information. It is also your chance to give back to the profession and help inspire, inform, and educate attendees on important issues.

To ensure your submission receives due consideration, please ensure that:

• Your proposal is issue-focused, not product-focused;
• Your 65-word presentation description contains a precise objective;
• You are able to identify three clear audience takeaways;
• You fully complete all areas of the submission form and provide accurate contact information, including phone number(s), email address(es), and mailing address(es);
• You use proper grammar, capitalization, and punctuation; and
• You provide the names of any co-presenters with your submission (or prior to the close of the submission window).

Click here to submit your great idea today! All proposals are due by Monday, October 31.

Registration is now open for NENA's NG9-1-1 Standards & Best Practices Conference! Click here to register and here to book your housing!

Learn, Collaborate, & Contribute at the NG9-1-1 Standards & Best Practices Conference!
#NENASBP (January 16-19, 2023 at the Hilton Clearwater in Clearwater, FL) is a conference unlike any other. It is an interactive, informative, attendee-driven event where you work to address the most pressing issues facing 9-1-1, including: recruitment, hiring, and retention; GIS and NG-data needs; location services and accuracy; culture; interoperability; telecommunicator SOPs; real-time text; transition planning; cybersecurity; multimedia messaging and accessibility; training; wellness and resiliency; the evolution of 9-1-1 center supervision and management; and more! Check out all the sessions here.

No other event provides you with the opportunity to shape the future of 9-1-1 and impact public safety for decades to come! Don’t miss your chance to be part of it! 

Click here to learn more about #NENASBP.

NENA and 911 Authority, LLC are proud to establish a scholarship to honor the life, passion, integrity and career of Wendy Ann Day. This scholarship honors the mission of 9-1-1 policy and regulatory development, women’s empowerment within 9-1-1, and Wendy’s valuable contributions to the policy and regulatory aspects of public safety programs across the country. The objectives of this scholarship are to assist public safety professionals in reaching a higher level of knowledge by participating in NENA’s 9-1-1 Goes to Washington conference and to empower women who are building their careers and aspiring to share new ideas with their peers and colleagues.

Who should apply?
This scholarship opportunity is open to women in their first five years in the 9-1-1 industry who have not previously attended 9-1-1 Goes to Washington.

The scholarship recipient will receive the following: 

• Complimentary registration to NENA's 9-1-1 Goes to Washington conference;
• Four nights hotel accommodations; and
• A travel stipend of up to $1,000 to help cover transportation costs to and from the event (provided as a post-event reimbursement). 

Eligibility
To be eligible for the scholarship you must meet the criteria listed about in the "Who should apply" section complete and submit the below scholarship application, including a 1,000 word or less essay and a current resume.

Click here to apply.

*ILO stands for Instructor-Led Online

Visit the NENA Education Calendar to see additional upcoming classes in your area and online! 

The NENA Information Document for GIS Data Stewardship for Next Generation 9-1-1 will assist GIS and PSAP staff in understanding and adopting best practices related to managing specific GIS data layers in support of Next Generation 9‑1‑1 (NG9‑1‑1) deployments. GIS data is at the heart of NG9‑1‑1 systems. Civic addresses associated with fixed caller locations are validated against GIS data to ensure that they can be mapped. When an emergency call is made, it is routed using the caller’s location along with the GIS boundaries of responder agencies to determine the correct responder.

Click here to download the document and submit comments by selecting "Add a Comment" from the "Document Actions" icon. Please complete all requested data and click "Save,"  or if submitting multiple comments, click "Save and Add Another." If you are providing editorial comments, such as corrections to typos, grammatical errors, style/numbering errors, and incorrect references/links to documents, please document them under one comment and list the page and line number for each.

All comments are due by November 18, 2022. You may contact the NENA Committee Resource Manager with any questions or concerns.

The Office of EMS and the National 911 Program—housed within the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)—encourage 9-1-1 professionals to provide input on the second draft of proposed rulemaking for the Annual Highway Safety Grant Program.

The DOT’s National Roadway Safety Strategy describes the major actions the DOT will take to significantly reduce fatalities and serious injuries on our roadways, including specific references to the important role EMS and 9-1-1 systems play in these efforts. These actions are funded through this grant program which awards more than $630 million annually to carry out highway safety programs nationwide.

NHTSA has published a Request for Comment (RFC) in the Federal Register to solicit feedback on the proposed rulemaking for the Highway Safety Grant Program. The RFC will be open for comment until October 31, 2022.

Submit comments here.

NENA seeks volunteers for a working group to revisit work completed on a standards document developed to assist PSAP managers with the development of agency-specific Daily Personnel Operations policies and procedures. This document will be developed in compliance with ANSI Essential Requirements processes. This document includes standards and guidelines for: Daily PSAP operations, schedules, developing PSAP personnel guidelines

Volunteers for this work group should have a variety of expertise with PSAP management. Participants with the following experience and/or skills are especially needed: PSAP management, PSAP operations, scheduling, and policy and procedure development.

When signing up for the WG, please document which of these skills you possess in the "Knowledge, Skills, Abilities You Offer" section of the form. WG members will be required to participate in at least one of the subgroups that will be formed to focus on a specific scope item. Skillsets will be taken into consideration when subgroups are formed, and members may need to provide additional information regarding their related experience when they submit their request to join this working group.

60-minute calls will be held the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month at 2PM Eastern beginning on November 17.

Click here to join!

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is soliciting applications for appointment to the National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council (NEMSAC). NEMSAC is an excellent opportunity to highlight and discuss issues in 9-1-1 to Federal entities that support 9-1-1 and EMS agencies. Complete applications must be received on or before November 10, 2022, at 5PM Eastern. 

Click here to learn more and apply.